NBC is competing with a number of other broadcasting companies for the Big Ten's television rights, and it appears the network has a specific plan to make the conference the pinnacle of college football.
NBC intends to turn the Big Ten into "the NFL of college football conferences," according to Michael McCarthy and Amanda Christovich of Front Office Sports.
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